The New Division of Labor
Subtitle: Emerging Forms of Work Organization in International Perspective (De Gruyter Studies in Organization)
Contributors: Wolfgang Littek (Editor); Tony Charles (Editor)
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: February 1996
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9783110139723
Subjects: Employment & unemployment; Work & labour; Anthropology - Cultural; Division of labor; Organization Of Industrial Production; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Industrial organization; Europe; General; Case studies; Comparative management
First sentence: Widespread organisational restructuring, deregulation of labour markets, increased female participation in the labour force, the reduction of layers in organisational hierarchies, knowledge-based skill upgrading and the need for continuous learning to sustain the capacity for innovation are fundamentally changing the nature of work.